A federal judge has denied the U.S. government's request to release from prison a former FBI informant who made up a story about President Joe Biden ... reassigned to Alexander Smirnov's case ...

Alexander Smirnov ... Wright II in January after Smirnov admitted he falsely told the FBI that executives at Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid former President Joe Biden and his son Hunter ...

Alexander Smirnov is serving a six-year sentence for lying about former president Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes.

The Trump administration had signaled it might try to undo the guilty plea and six-year prison sentence for Alexander ... Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son Hunter. Before Mr. Smirnov was charged ...

FILE - Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, left, walks out of his ... FBI informant who fabricated a story about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes that became central ...